Çağın Pandemisi: D Vitamini Eksikliği ve Yetersizliği

• DOI: 10.4274/tod.94830
• Publication Date: 2014-10-27T12:09:10Z
• Authors: Fatma Fidan; Berat Meryem Alkan; Aliye Tosun
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine

Vitamin D is not only a fat-soluble vitamin, but also group of hormone and precursor sterols that can be synthesized endogenously in appropriate biological conditions.Its most profound effect on calcium phosphorus metabolism, bone mineralization.In recent years, it was reported deficiency insufficiency are related with many chronic diseases such as widespread cancers, cardiovascular diseases, metabolic syndromes, infectious autoimmune diseases.Vitamin defined risk factor for osteoporosis, falls fractures.Vitamin now recognized global epidemic.25(OH) levels under 20 ng/mL accepted deficiency, between 21-29 insufficiency, over 30 sufficient (preferred range 40-60 ng/mL), 150 intoxication.Vitamin leads to ricketts clinics children osteomalacia adults.In this review, we aimed define which currently adults, provide current approach the treatment methods.(Turkish